Information of Tancos Air Base

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

• by Nuno Filipe Lé Freitas
• by Nuno Filipe Lé Freitas

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	LPTN
Longitude/Latitude:	W 008° 21' 52.50"/N 39° 28' 30.50" -8.364583/39.475140
Elevation:	266 ft / 81.08 m
Location:	Tancos, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal
Magnetic Variation:	W 3°28.8' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC 0(+1DT)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Tower	TWR	122.1 M	142.3 M	257.8 M

Runway Information

Runway 08/26

Dimension:	7530 x 148 ft / 2295.1 x 45.1 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 08	Runway 26
Longitude:	-8.385708 / W 008° 23' 08.55"	-8.359683 / W 008° 21' 34.86"
Latitude:	39.472072 / N 39° 28' 19.46"	39.476603 / N 39° 28' 35.77"
End Elevation:	249.0 ft	257.0 ft
Alignment:	081.0	261.0
Slope:	0.1	-0.1
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Displaced Threshold:	328 ft	0 ft
Lighting System 1:	Centerline Lighting System	Sequenced Flashing Lights
Lighting System 2:	VASI - Visual Approach Slope Indicator	Centerline Lighting System
Lighting System 3:		High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 4:		Calvert (British)
Lighting System 5:		VASI - Visual Approach Slope Indicator

Runway 12/30

Dimension:	3937 x 74 ft / 1200.0 x 22.6 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 12	Runway 30
Longitude:	-8.373803 / W 008° 22' 25.69"	-8.361375 / W 008° 21' 40.95"
Latitude:	39.479147 / N 39° 28' 44.93"	39.474242 / N 39° 28' 27.27"
End Elevation:	266.0 ft	257.0 ft
Alignment:	122.0	302.0
Slope:	-0.2	0.2
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Displaced Threshold:	328 ft	0 ft

Remarks

Fuel - (NC-J8)

Lighting - ABn altn green/W.

Operating Hours - Opr 0900-1700Z++ Mon-Thu; 0900-1300Z++ Fri, OT as rqr.

Restricted - Afld use ltd to Portuguese mil acft supporting Comando de Tropas Aerotransportadas operations.